Let the mural-making begin

After finally getting approval from the Board of Architectural Review, which rejected his first boldly-colored design, Ross McDermott, director of the Charlottesville Mural Project, starts painting on the side of One Meatball Place in the 500 block of West Main. The new mural splashes geometric shapes and animals, but leaves some of the '70s roses visible. Photographed October 11.

Post-publication clarification: While McDermott did the paint work, the designer of the mural is named Matt Pamer.